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- Summary: The Denver, Colorado-based quartet known for its work on the "Little Miss Sunshine" soundtrack and score releases its latest album on the Anti label.
- Record Label: Anti
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 22
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Mixed: 3 out of 22
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Negative: 0 out of 22
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Urata's slurred warble leaps into soaring vibrato, and the group's eerie throb of violin, accordion, and sousaphone has never felt so cinematic.
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Devotchka's captured the sound of a new world order.
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A sultry brew of Gypsy, Mexican, and pop ingredients that's adorably silly and unexpectedly moving. [Mar 2008, p.100]
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If the choice comes down to being obvious or oblique, the band could take a forty-five minute saunter down the road less musically traveled. When they do, I'm hedging that the result will be a masterwork. Until then, releases like A Mad and Faithful Telling will be as engaging as anything that has come before, but will only offer hints at what these colorful characters might do when they finally release the catapult.
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'Basso Profundo,' sticks out like a sore thumb, overindulging the band's penchant for melting-pot quirk before the listener's had a chance to acclimate, throwing off the balance of an otherwise perfectly paced album.
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Under The RadarDeVotchKa pulls off their melting pot persona. [Spring 2008, p.82]
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BlenderLively and ingenious combinations of glockenspiel, theremin, tuba, accordion, strings and mariachi horns promise more emotional depth than Nick Urata's world-weary tenor warble delivers. [May 2008, p.75]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 6
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Mixed: 0 out of 6
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Negative: 0 out of 6
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MathewP.Mar 29, 2008Amazing album. Love the diversity and the range of sounds used here. Transiliterator is my song of the year so far!
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MattA.Mar 21, 2008
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EricE.Mar 27, 2008
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SamJJul 25, 2009
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BradG.Mar 24, 2008I'm really enjoying it so far. It's far too early to tell if I like it more that "How it Ends", but I'll give it time.
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SteveO.Apr 11, 2008Overall its a decent album. He has a unique voice. Im looking forward to a future release.
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